Fuel Injection & Diagnostic Repairs
Fuel Injection
Fuel Injection became more common in petrol engines in the 1980’s as an alternative to carburetors. They are a more efficient method of pushing (injecting) the fuel to the engine as appose to the carburetor using suction. This in turn increases fuel efficiency and improves engine performance, especially for cold starts.
Fuel injection is also a more cost effective alternative as well as having reduced maintenance costs and increased reliability. Since Fuel injectors came in to the automotive industry the carburetor has become obsolete and has since been eliminated from the modern car. Over the years, there have been improvements and additions to make fuel injection even more efficient, such as the use of multi-injectors.
Diagnostic Repairs
As vehicles have modernised over time and utilise electrical power more than ever, it has allowed almost all elements to become diagnosable through a diagnostic repair system making repair more efficient and cost effective. Almost all issues can be easily sought by connecting a diagnostic repair system directly to the vehicle where all current issues are listed one by one. Mechanic are then able to directly repair any issue found without the need of spending time to find the issue individually.
We at Shaftesbury Garage conduct all fuel injection and diagnostic repairs. If you have a warning light displaying on your dashboard and are unclear about what it means, bring it down to us and we can sort it for you.
- Prompt, reliable Tyre service.
- Can provide exhaust replacements for all major car makes and models no matter what the age of the vehicle is.
- Vehicle is assessed both before and after the exhaust repair / replacement to ensure future problems do not occur.
- All parts are of high quality and come with a guarantee.
| Class | Vehicle type | Age first MOT (yrs) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Motorbike (engine size up to 200 cm3) | 3 |
| 1 | Motorbike with sidecar (engine size up to 200 cm3) | 3 |
| 2 | Motorbike (engine size over 200 cm3) | 3 |
| 2 | Motorbike with sidecar (engine size over 200 cm3) | 3 |
| 3 | 3-wheeled vehicles (up to 450kg unladen weight) | 3 |
| 4 | 3-wheeled vehicles (over 450kg unladen weight) | 3 |
| 4 | Cars (up to 8 passenger seats) | 3 |
| 4 | Motor caravans | 3 |
| 4 | Quads (max unladen weight 400kg – for goods vehicles 550kg and max net power of 15kw) | 3 |
| 4 | Dual purpose vehicles | 3 |
| 4 | Private hire and public service vehicles (up to 8 seats) | 3 |
| 4 | Ambulances and taxis | 1 |
| 4 | Private passenger vehicles and ambulances (9 to 12 passenger seats) | 1 |
| 4 | Goods vehicles (up to 3,000kg design gross weight) | 3 |
| 4 | Class 4 vehicles (9 to 12 passenger seats) with a seat belt installation check | n/a |
| 5 | Private passenger vehicles and ambulances (13 to 16 passenger seats) | 1 |
| 5 | Private passenger vehicles and ambulances (more than 16 passenger seats) | 1 |
| 5 | Playbuses | 1 |
| 5a | Class 5 vehicles (13 to 16 passenger seats) with a seatbelt installation check | n/a |
| 5a | Class 5 vehicles (more than 16 passenger seats) with a seatbelt installation check | n/a |
| 7 | Goods vehicles (over 3,000kg up to 3,500kg design gross weight) | 3 |